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The feature parity minimizes how much better the iPhone was, even at launch when it was clearly rough around the edges. It’s like comparing a 1988 Hyundai with
by spoonjim 5y ago
The feature parity minimizes how much better the iPhone was, even at launch when it was clearly rough around the edges. It’s like comparing a 1988 Hyundai with a Tesla Model S. The features are all the same: 4 doors, 4 seats, steering wheel, brake and gas pedals. But the experiences couldn’t be more different.
- xorcist 5y agoOne thing Apple had was the political ability to iterate on the design. Remember that the original iphone had no apps, and no mobile data. That made it look like an odd duck in the sea of computerphones, but what it had was a slick user interface completely designed around the capabilities of capacitive screens, and that took many years for the competition to even get close to. Good user interfaces are truly hard, and Apple has always put it front and center, so it must have made sense for them.